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Ukraine Winning? GOP attacks on Judge Jackson. Ginni Thomas Texts. Trump Power Waning? Albright and Young Legacy. With Jeff Dufour, Editor in Chief of National Journal, Scott Wong, Senior Congressional Reporter for NBC News, Lauren Burke, Writer for Black Press USA and The Guardian and Zach Cohen, Congress Reporter for Bloomberg Government.

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Twenty-six days into Putin's War in Ukraine, can anything be done to stop the carnage and stop Putin? What are the likely next steps, diplomatically and militarily? What are the risks of a wider war, of a nuclear war? To provide some context, Bill has arranged to talk again with the two experts on foreign affairs who gave us their first assessment of the situation in Ukraine three weeks ago. A lot has changed. . Steven Pifer was our Ambassador to Ukraine in the last two years of the Clinton Administration and was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State with responsibilities for Russia and Ukraine in the first four years of the George W. Bush Administration. He is currently a Fellow at Stanford University and the Brookings Institution. Joining him is Joe Cirincione, a Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He previously served for over 12 years as the President of the Ploughshares Fund, a foundation focused on nuclear nonproliferation and conflict resolution. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

 Today Bill featured the work of the World Central Kitchen run by Chef Jose Andres. They have served millions of meals in disaster areas and war zones, including over a million meals in and around Ukraine. You can support their work by visiting the World Central Kitchen website at WCK.org.

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Zellenskyy Inspires the World. The End of Daylight Savings Time? Trump Flailing. A Global Reset at Every Level? With Jennifer Haberkorn, Congressional Reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Jason Dick, Deputy Editor at CQ-Roll Call and Host of the Political Theater podcast and Tom LoBianco, Reporter at Yahoo News.

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John Bolton had unimpeachable Republican and Conservative credentials. Until he went to work for Donald Trump as his National Security Advisor. It did not go well as he detailed in his book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir. Bolton and Bill discuss the current situation in Ukraine and Trump's attitudes toward Russia, Ukraine and Vladimir Putin.

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Russian War Crimes. GOP Putin Whiplash. Congress actually passes a budget. Jan 6th Committee revelations. GOP replays the Culture War. With Melanie Mason, National Political Correspondent at The Los Angeles Times, Jennifer Bendery, Senior Politics Reporter for HuffPost and Pema Levy, Reporter at Mother Jones.

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Can Congress file charges against Trump? Will the Justice Department file charges against Trump? Can a former president even be charged with a crime or even if true, can Trump still just get away with it? To get the answers, Bill talks to Barbara McQuade, an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. 

Read McQuade's "Prosecution Memo" here: justsecurity.org/80308/united-states-v-donald-trump-model-prosecution-memo.

Read her Washington Post Op-ed here: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/05/merrick-garland-prosecute-trump-select-committee

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Ukraine War Escalating. State of the Union. January 6th Committee Bombshell. Trump vs DeSantis 2024? Texas Primary. With S.V. Dáte, White House Correspondent at HuffPost, Leah Askarinam, co-author of the On Politics newsletter at the New York Times, and Alex Seitz-Wald, Senior Digital Politics Reporter for NBC News. 

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Although Biden is not known as a great orator, he gave a great speech Tuesday night.

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What the hell is going on with Putin and Ukraine? To provide some expert context, our guests today are two experts on foreign affairs. Steve Pifer was our Ambassador to Ukraine in the last two years of the Clinton Administration and was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State with responsibilities for Russia and Ukraine in the first four years of the George W. Bush Administration. He is currently a Fellow at Stanford University and the Brookings Institution. Joining him is Joe Cirincione, a Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He previously served for over 12 years as the President of the Ploughshares Fund, a foundation focused on nuclear nonproliferation and conflict resolution. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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